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Electrocauterización - Información general

Nombres alternativos

Cauterización

Definición:

Es el proceso de destrucción de tejidos con el uso de la electricidad. Este procedimiento se utiliza con frecuencia para detener hemorragias.

Información:

La electrocauterización (o electrocauterio) es un procedimiento seguro que se utiliza de manera rutinaria en intervenciones quirúrgicas para extirpar tejidos lesionados o indeseados. Igualmente, se puede utilizar para cauterizar y sellar vasos sanguíneos, lo cual ayuda a reducir o detener sangrados o hemorragias masivas.

Se utiliza una pequeña sonda con corriente eléctrica pasando a través de ella con el fin de cauterizar o destruir el tejido. Se coloca una almohadilla haciendo masa en el cuerpo de la persona (usualmente el muslo) antes de la cirugía para proteger al paciente.

  • Fecha de revisión: 7/25/2007
  • Versión en inglés revisada por:Robert A. Cowles, MD, Assistant Professor of Surgery, Columbia University College of Physicians and Surgeons, New York, NY. Review provided by VeriMed Healthcare Network.
  • Traducción y localización realizada por: DrTango, Inc

Referencias

Roberts JR, Hedges JR. Clinical Procedures in Emergency Medicine. 4th ed. Philadelphia, Pa: WB Saunders; 2004;749-766.

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